Overview

• President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania held a Sept. 4 White House dinner with more than two dozen tech leaders following an AI education meeting.
• Attendees included Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, Bill Gates, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella and Sam Altman, who publicly praised the administration’s pro‑business approach.
• Executives cited large U.S. investment figures, with Meta and Apple each at $600 billion, Google at $250 billion and Microsoft at up to $80 billion per year.
• The event was intended to inaugurate the renovated Rose Garden patio but was moved to the State Dining Room due to rain.
• The First Lady’s AI Education task force convened earlier in the day, where companies announced education initiatives, including Google’s $150 million in AI-focused grants, and the White House said Elon Musk was not on the dinner invite list.